When the then Austrian Federal Railways (BBÖ) needed express locomotives for the ramps of the Arlbergbahn at the beginning of the 1920s, they resorted to the model of the proven SBB crocodiles, thereby taking on the typical appearance of the two long, flat stems. The first copies were put into service in 1923, followed in 1927 a total of 16 more machines of this series. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich in 1938, the Deutsche Reichsbahn described the crocodiles as E89 (1100) and E89.1 (1100.1). After World War II, the remaining machines came as ÖBB 1089 and ÖBB1189 to the re-founded Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). Only in 1979, the locomotives were retired. After the war, some crocodiles were also used in Switzerland.

When the then Austrian Federal Railways (BBÖ) needed express locomotives for the ramps of the Arlbergbahn at the beginning of the 1920s, they resorted to the model of the proven SBB crocodiles, thereby taking on the typical appearance of the two long, flat stems. The first copies were put into service in 1923, followed in 1927 a total of 16 more machines of this series. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich in 1938, the Deutsche Reichsbahn described the crocodiles as E89 (1100) and E89.1 (1100.1). After World War II, the remaining machines came as ÖBB 1089 and ÖBB1189 to the re-founded Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). Only in 1979, the locomotives were retired. After the war, some crocodiles were also used in Switzerland.

The model of this four-axle stake car, which was primarily used for the transport of iron and steel profiles, was first built in 1892 according to sample sheet II d 6 of the Prussian Normalien. The model is exactly modeled with spoked wheels, ten stanchions, sleeve buffers and high-lying, open brakeman's cab.